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my 135g tank i bought came with a couple salt water skimmers and a few other things i was wondering if i could use the skimmers on the tank running it fresh water to get rid of the murky film that gets on top of the water ?
Protein skimmers will likely not work on your freshwater aquarium due to the density of the water not being sufficient to produce fine bubbles. That being said there are a number of commercially available FW protein skimmers but they are quite expensive and huge. We run a FW protein skimmer on our Koi quarantine system. It works VERY well. You could experiment with the ones you have and add airstones to increase the density of air in the unit. I did see a hobbyist using a seaclone on a FW aquarium and it did remove a little waste.my 135g tank i bought came with a couple salt water skimmers and a few other things i was wondering if i could use the skimmers on the tank running it fresh water to get rid of the murky film that gets on top of the water ?